Chaimas Frenkel (1857–1920) and his son Jokūbas (1883–1967) created a modern leather industry in Šiauliai and developed it to a global level, they gave impetus to the city of Šiauliai to become a major center of industry, culture and public life in the interwar period. Through the history of one residential house-villa, the book reveals the life of a famous Jewish family, shows its influence on Šiauliai and their complicated fate. The book touches on the industrial history of Šiauliai, representing Šiauliai as an important city of Lithuanian Jewish cultural heritage, and reveals the peculiarities of the Jewish lifestyle. The history of the Frenkelii family has become inseparable from the identity of the city of Šiauliai and the area peculiarities of Jewish way of life are revealed part of
This book is the result of the collective work of scientists and museum workers.
Editorial board: Raimundas Balza, Odeta Stripinienė, Virginija Šiukšcienė.
Reviewers: dr. Lara Lempertienė (Lithuanian National Martynas Mažvydas Library, Judaica Research Center), prof. skilled Dr. Vytautas Levandauskas (Vytautas the Great University. Faculty of Arts).
Text authors: Raimundas Balza, Vilma Karinauskienė, Lina Preišegalavičienė, Odeta Stripinienė, Virginija Šiukščienė, Vilija Ulinskytė-Balzienė.
